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It’s always exciting to see great social science from @pauldjupe.bsky.social shared with the wider world. This piece also taught me a bit about my own neck of the woods!

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 4w ago

Mike and Andrea Brewer believed that they had a mandate from God to rid their town of demonic activity—and that the regional stronghold for this evil was the bookstore across the street, Stephanie McCrummen reports:

The term “Christian nationalism” has gone from academia to media to everyday talk. But it’s contested—and public signals are mixed (some reject the label; others embrace it). So a basic question has been hard to answer: do people actually identify as Christian nationalists?

The cw is religion cures loneliness bc it can put people FTF. But our recent data is surprising. Men who attend more are MORE lonely while attending women are less. Why? Much of the answer lies in the messaging - apocalyptic views are not conducive to connection. w @brooklynwalker.bsky.social

The Religious are More Lonely?

Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker The conventional wisdom about religious congregations is that they are social places, where people can find opportunities for mutual support to ease the existentia…

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Tradwives are everywhere on social media. So we asked a national sample of Americans how they actually feel about them. The answer surprised us. 🧵 w/ @pauldjupe.bsky.social

Judy Woodruff for @pbsnews.org recently covered "Rededicate 250." A new post at Religion in Public looks at why this journalism was so important.

There's so much chatter about the sin of empathy and toxic empathy, mostly aimed at women. We asked a few Qs about empathy, courtesy of @verasight.io - thanks! People are of two minds that mirrors the debate. Empathy is good but only if it doesn't contradict "truth." And there's a gender gap (1/2).

Why The Right Wing Freakout about Empathy?

By Brooklyn Walker and Paul A. Djupe [Image credit: Empathy is the new Christian battleground : r/Christianity] Empathy is sin. Or so goes the thesis of several highly popular books by conservative…

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"Empathy is sin." That's the thesis of several popular conservative Christian books right now. We wanted to know: is this just elite rhetoric, or has it reached the pews? We have data. 🧵 w/ @pauldjupe.bsky.social

I was VERY nervous for my first podcast, but it turned out to be a great conversation with the thoughtful hosts at @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social and my co-author, @pauldjupe.bsky.social . Tune in to hear a chat about Christian nationalism, threat, and possible paths to more healthy politics.

Will (Faithful Politics)@faithfulpolitics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A lot of people say they believe in religious freedom. The harder question is whether that belief holds when they are told their faith, rights, or way of life are under attack. youtu.be/CaE4OM03DEE

Complementarianism — the belief that God created men to lead and women to follow — is usually discussed in terms of churches and marriages. Our new research shows it reaches much further than that. 🧵 w/ @pauldjupe.bsky.social @jssreligion.bsky.social

I just got back from a UTK workshop on building community in the classroom when your subject matter is politically charged. A few things I'm taking back to my courses. 🧵

An important piece connecting the dots between religion, complementarianism, and women's rights.

Helen Lewis@helenlewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Beyond the ragebait of the manosphere lies a group of thinkers who want to turn back the clock on feminism. Far from being a fringe belief system, masculinism has become the single most important force uniting the American right. My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Beyond the ragebait of the manosphere lies a group of thinkers who want to turn back the clock on feminism. Far from being a fringe belief system, masculinism has become the single most important force uniting the American right. My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Men Who Don’t Want Women to Vote

Or work. Or have opinions.

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What I've been reading: Sam Perry's new piece in JSSR on pronatalism. He draws an important distinction between general pronatalism — encouraging births broadly — and selective pronatalism, which is about producing the right kind of children. 🧵

I work with the coolest people. No one is more deserving of this honor, and I'm thrilled to be on the front row to watch this project develop.

Wayde Z.C. Marsh@wzcmarsh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am thrilled to announce that I have been named a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow! This @carnegie.org fellowship will support my research examining attacks on places of worship, dimensions of racial & religious polarization, & depolarizing interventions #CarnegieFellows www.carnegie.org/awards/honor...

Gun ownership is rising. So is political violence. But what's actually driving the connection between the two -- and what role does religion play? A new Social Science Quarterly article of mine, with @dhmarkel.bsky.social and Abigail Vegter, digs in. 🧵

@revjenbutler.bsky.social has an interesting piece on the political uses of Christian persecution narratives. It’s a thoughtful view from a clergy’s perspective and nice confirmation of what @pauldjupe and I have been finding in our survey work. revjenbutler.substack.com/p/trump-just...

Trump Just Released a Report on “Anti-Christian Bias.” Christians Should Be Alarmed.

It does not defend religious freedom. It fuels the false persecution story at the heart of Christian nationalism.

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I've had the privilege of participating in a series at @alpsblog.bsky.social. It's given me valuable space to reflect on this year as an Asst.Prof and to compare notes with @cnwillis.bsky.social and @drjostojski.bsky.social. Check out the latest post at: activelearningps.com/2026/04/17/o...

@ruthbraunstein.bsky.social — a leading scholar of Christian nationalism — invited @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I to discuss our work in a Q&A on her Substack. She pushed us on the practical implications of our findings in ways that sharpened my thinking. ruthbraunstein.substack.com/p/why-some-e...

Why some efforts to combat Christian nationalism may fail

A Q&A with political scientists Brooklyn Walker and Paul Djupe

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Just back from #MPSA2026 with a few reflections. 🧵 (1) I brought my 16-year-old daughter to panels on young adults, sexism, and religious conservatism. Her observations on gender roles and religious identity among her own generation were insightful. Sometimes the best data is sitting next to you.

I'm headed to MPSA! If you're also planning on being in Chicago on Saturday, come check out the CwC, Relocating to the Center: The Importance of Religion in Political Science. You'll hear fantastic work from dozens of brilliant researchers! #MPSA @julthomson.bsky.social @alenasmith13.bsky.social

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon called for harsh punishment of BLM protesters while defending January 6th rioters as "Patriots." Is this inconsistency? Or does it reveal something deeper about how Christian nationalism shapes views on crime and punishment? 🧵 #polisci #religionandpolitics

@pauldjupe.bsky.social and I have found similar dynamics in our own survey data. The bump in young men's religiosity seems to be related to the embrace by young men of more conservative religious worldviews, not religion broadly speaking. For more, check out: religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/05/t...

The Reactionary Religious Reengagement of Young Men

By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker [Image credit: Mother Jones] If there’s one thing we thought we could count on in the social scientific study of religion, it was the gender gap in religious id…

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo ago

The share of men under 30 who say religion is “very important” to them has risen sharply, from 28% in 2023 to 42% in 2025, according to a new poll.

@dhmarkel.bsky.social, Abigail Vegter, and I have a new piece ("An Army for God") out at Social Science Quarterly on the intersections of Christian nationalism, gun ownership, and gun owner identity with political violence support. More soon! doi.org/10.1111/ssqu...

Vivian Yee's New York Times piece on the movement to repeal women's suffrage tells this important story through individual voices. We have national survey data to add to the conversation. And it shows that this movement is gaining steam. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote

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Churches preaching religious pluralism to push back on Christian nationalism? @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I's research suggests it's not working -- and the reason why matters for everyone engaged in the fight for greater tolerance. 🧵

At Religion in Public, @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I look at Christian nationalism among Catholics. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops spoke out against immigration crackdowns, and we were curious if the bishop's attitudes were also present in the pews. (1/2) religioninpublic.blog/2025/11/20/t...

The Bishops Were Not Just Speaking to Trump, but also to Trumpism Among Catholics

By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker [Image credit: National Catholic Reporter] The selection of the new pope from the global south (as well as from the Chicago south!) sent a signal that Pope Fran…

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And I thought women's suffrage was a settled question. Silly me... Check out this latest post with @pauldjupe.bsky.social.

Paul Djupe@pauldjupe.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We've seen religious elites and social media warriors call for the end of women’s suffrage. But we don’t have a sense of how everyday Americans feel about women’s political rights. Until now. We preview new survey results about repeal of the 19th Amendment and adoption of a household vote.

I've been waiting for this to drop for awhile now. @pauldjupe.bsky.social, @aesokhey.bsky.social, Brian Calfano, Andy Lewis and I argue that Christian nationalism can be a flexible tool to protect group interests. Check it out @poppublicsphere.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Check out my latest op-ed, which sheds = light on the story of Gen Z, gender and religion in @thehill.com. My analysis of @prri.org trend data shows that young men are not becoming more religious overtime, countering some popular narratives today. thehill.com/opinion/cong...